IRVING, TEXAS — Hines, in conjunction with AEW Capital Management, has begun construction on Phase II of Parc 114 Business Park in Irving. Phase II will include two new buildings totaling 191,262 square feet with a projected completion date in early 2016. Stream Realty Partners will provide leasing, marketing and property management services for the project. Parc 114 is a 52-acre master-planned business park located at 6501 N. Beltline Road. Phase I includes six industrial buildings totaling 404,777 square feet that are 100 percent leased. Tenants include Chrysler Group LLC, Nautilus Hyosung America, Nissan and Walgreens. Phase II of Parc 114 will feature a distinctive architectural design that will complement the existing buildings in the park. The rear-load, dock-high buildings will accommodate tenants ranging from 16,000 square feet to 135,253 square feet and will feature generous parking and truck courts. Centrally located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Parc 114 is directly adjacent to the DFW International Airport, just south of State Highway 114. Bob Hagewood and Jeremy Kelly of Stream’s industrial division in Dallas will lease and market Parc 114 on behalf of the landlord, Hines. Stream’s Priscilla McKinney will oversee property management of the property.
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SACHSE AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Venture Commercial Real Estate has represented Fitness International LLC in deals for two new LA Fitness clubs in Sachse and San Antonio. Venture’s John Zikos, Jonathan Cooper and Cheryl Hill represented LA Fitness in both deals, working with Walt Brown Jr. and Tim Dollander of Diversified Partners, master brokers for LA Fitness in the Southern United States. In north Texas, LA Fitness has signed a lease and will soon begin construction on a 37,000-square-foot facility that will anchor the Woodbridge Gate development located on the southwest corner of Highway 78 and Woodbridge Parkway in Sachse. David Watson of Direct Property Services Inc. represented the landlord. The Sachse club is expected to open in early 2016. In central Texas, LA Fitness has acquired a five-acre tract of land and has begun construction on a prototype facility in the newest phase of the Potranco Village development, located on the northeast corner of Potranco Road and Loop 1604 in San Antonio. Wade McGinnis represented the seller, Barshop & Oles Co. The Potranco Village club is expected to open in late 2015. Founded in 1984, LA Fitness has more than 650 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
DALLAS — HFF has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for Le Méridien Dallas by the Galleria, a 258-suite hotel in Dallas. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Arden Group Inc. and HEI Hotels & Resorts. NB Holdings purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount. Additionally, HFF worked on behalf of the new owner to place the 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan with Principal Commercial Capital. Le Méridien Dallas by the Galleria is an all-suite, 11-story hotel with a European aesthetic. Originally constructed in 2002, the hotel was renovated in 2009 when it was converted into a Le Méridien. Hotel amenities include the recently renovated fitness center, 5,079 square feet of meeting space, indoor heated swimming pool, 24-hour business center and concierge service. Le Méridien Dallas by the Galleria is situated on 2.9 acres in the North Dallas Galleria market, a retail, office and entertainment district. Located at 13402 Noel Road, the hotel is across the street from the Dallas Galleria, a 1.8 million-square-foot mall that is the second most popular tourist attraction in North Texas with approximately 19 million visitors a year. Additionally, the hotel is surrounded by Class A office space serving as …
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Pierson Retail Advisors (PRA) has arranged the sale of Home Zone, a 37,500-square-foot, single-tenant retail building located in Wichita Falls. PRA represented the seller, BR Acquisitions, in the sale. A Texas buyer purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at 3921 Fairway Blvd., Home Zone is situated along US Highway 82, one of several highways leading into Wichita Falls. Home Zone, with 15 locations throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, is a wholesale furniture manufacturer and outlet store, which provides home furnishings directly to various retailers as well as individual customers. Jennifer Pierson and Beth Pierson of Pierson Retail Advisors in Dallas arranged the sale.
IRVING, TEXAS — Progressive Laboratories Inc. has sold a 35,050-square-foot office/warehouse in the Las Colinas submarket to Chris Weir Commercial Enterprises LLC for an undisclosed price. Las Colinas Distribution Center, located on 1.9 acres at 1909 Hereford Drive in Irving, is the second building in the past year Progressive Laboratories has sold to make way for its expansion, consolidation and relocation. Brock Wilson and Joe Santaularia of Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller. The building was developed in 1977 and features 8,601 square feet of office space, 26,449 square feet of distribution space, six loading docks, 20-foot clear heights and a sprinkler system. Progressive Laboratories used 1031 exchange funds to acquire a 200,000-square-foot building less than one mile away. Dallas-based Chris Weir Commercial Enterprises, also executing a 1031 exchange, is planning to occupy the Hereford Drive building in October. Rick Medinis of NAI Robert Lynn represented the buyer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — In an all-cash transaction, Stag Apartments LLC has sold the 85-unit Lancaster Apartments to a local investor. The Dallas-based seller put Lancaster Apartments on the market after completing a repositioning plan within 18 months of buying the property in a foreclosure sale. Sam W. Pettigrew III, partner in Dallas-based Cantrell Co. & Partners, represented the seller. In the past year, $150,000 has been invested into improvements at the 10-building complex, which was developed in 1968 and renovated in 1999. Lancaster Apartments is a mix of efficiencies and one- and two-bedroom floor plans, averaging 830 square feet. The complex includes 137 parking spaces and two laundry facilities.
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA), an independently owned and operated member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, has arranged the sale of 4702 Goldfield Drive, an industrial building in northeast San Antonio. Local grocery chain HEB purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. SACA’s Ed Cross and Zach Dobin represented the seller of the 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
CROSS ROADS, TEXAS — Alex Payne with Axis Realty Group and Everett Newland with Newland Real Estate represented Denton Fireman’s pension fund in the purchase of The Village at Cross Roads, a new 24,000-square-foot, Class A retail center in Cross Roads. Northbridge Management & Consulting, a commercial property management company owned by Axis Realty Group, will manage the asset moving forward.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Global colocation solutions provider CyrusOne has expanded its Carrollton data center with the recent completion of a new data hall, adding nearly 60,000 square feet and 4.5 megawatts of power capacity. The company’s Carrollton data center is the largest facility of its kind in the state, featuring a 670,000-square-foot campus. The Carrollton data center also houses the infrastructure and 911 dispatch center for Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch and Addison, Texas. The communities have consolidated 911 dispatch services to form the North Texas Emergency Communications Center (NTECC).
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Howard Michaels of Carlton Strategic Ventures and Avery Modlin of The Modlin Group have negotiated the sale of Dobie Center to Fowler Property Acquisitions LLC. Located in Austin, Dobie Center is the largest privately owned student dormitory at the University of Texas at Austin. The property consists of a 27-story glass and steel residential tower, a 90,000-square-foot retail mall and a six-story, 250,000-square-foot, above-grade parking garage. Brian Kelly of HFF was the broker on the transaction. The Carlton Group’s general counsel Daniel Bildner closed the transaction along with Larry Haber of Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson LLP. Dobie Center is located next to the University of Texas at Austin campus, opposite the soon-to-be-completed 458,000-square-foot McComb’s Business School.